Press Release

Rep. Klein Responds to the Resignation of Cuba's Fidel Castro

{February 19, 2008}

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Representative Ron Klein (FL-22) today issued the following statement in response to the resignation of Fidel Castro:

"For decades, Castro's dictatorship has imprisoned innocent, oppressed many, and has thwarted the will of his people," Rep. Klein stated.  "I hope that we can look back on today as a moment of opportunity in the Cuban pursuit of democracy and in the Cuban collective memory.  I look forward to the day when the Cuban people can engage in free and fair elections."

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